Cornell leaders are developing tech campus programs under interdisciplinary domains, or hubs, rather than using the traditional university organization of colleges, schools and departments.
Ernest Sternglass ’44, M.S. ’51, Ph.D. ’53, whose correspondence with Albert Einstein led to an electron amplification discovery that allowed millions to watch Apollo 11 astronauts walking on the moon, died Feb. 12 in Ithaca.
A gift and a grant totaling $3.45 million will help the Cornell Lab of Ornithology develop new computer technologies to better understand the movements and behaviors of birds and other species. (Oct. 13, 2011)
Left in an attic and missing for decades, the long-lost Vincent van Gogh painting – “Sunset at Montmajour” – was authenticated by in September. Art historians identified the work, in part, thanks to a Cornell-developed engineering technique based on a canvas weave map.
On Cornell Giving Day March 14, some 8,640 donors gave 12,209 gifts for a total of $6,321,962, surpassing each of Cornell’s two previous Giving Day totals. Gifts came from more than 45 countries.
If we want to have a say in what the future looks like, scholars and policymakers need to start thinking about workplace automation far more broadly, according to a new paper co-authored by a Cornell researcher.
Cornell researchers are developing computer software to detect phony positive reviews created by sellers to help sell their products, or negative reviews meant to downgrade competitors. (July 25, 2011)
The history of superconducting materials has been a tale of two types: s-wave and d-wave. Now, Cornell researchers have discovered a possible third type: g-wave.